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This function retrieves information on a specific app and its environmental parameters. For example, it can be used to determine the app’s context (toolbar or engine) and then run context-specific functions on it.

GetInfo()

None.

JSon Object containing the following info:

Parameter	Description	Range	Type
.appID	App identifier		string
.context.embedLocation	The location of the App (Embedded App, Gadget or Web Browser)	Embeded App/Gadget/ Web Browser	string
.context.host	The host of this app (Engine or Toolbar)	Engine/Toolbar	string
.general.browser	The current browser type	IE or Firefox	string
.general.browserVersion	The current browser version	e.g. “8.0.7600.16385”	string
.general.OS	The current Operating System type	e.g. “Windows”	string
.general.OSVersion	The current Operating System version	e.g. “6.1”	string
.general.toolbarName	Toolbar name	e.g. “Demo”	string
.general.toolbarVersion	Toolbar version	e.g. “5.7.2.2”	string
.size.height	The height of the gadget/component	> 0	integer
.size.width	The width of the gadget/component.	> 0	integer

This function can be used both with the HTML App and with the gadget window. *Notice: API methods must be invoked after the web page has triggered the "onload" event.

This example contains a button. Clicking on the button will display an HTML page with several app and environmental data.


      <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
        <style type= "text/css">
            BODY {
                margin-left:0;
                margin-right:0;
                margin-top:0;
                margin-bottom:0;
                width:100%;
                height:100%;
                overflow:hidden;
                background-color:threedface;
            } 
            #appInfo
            {
                width:400;
                border:1px solid gray;
            }
        <style></style>
        <!-- Conduit API script declaration -->
        <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.conduit.com/Api/BrowserCompApi.js"></script>
        <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

            function AppDetails() {
                var JSonObject = GetInfo();

                document.getElementById("appInfo").innerHTML =
                    "<p>" +
                        "  App ID: " + JSonObject.appId +
                    "</p>" +
                    "<p>" +
                        "  OS: " + JSonObject.general.OS +
                    "</p>" +
                    "<p>" +
                        "  OS version: " + JSonObject.general.OSVersion +
                    "</p>" +
                    "<p>" +
                        "  Browser name: " + JSonObject.general.browser +
                    "</p>" +
                    "<p>" +
                        "  Browser version: " + JSonObject.general.browserVersion +
                    "</p>" +
                    "<p>" +
                        "  Toolbar name: " + JSonObject.general.toolbarName +
                    "</p>" +
                    "<p>" +
                        "  Toolbar version: " + JSonObject.general.toolbarVersion +
                    "</p>";
            }                
        </script>
    <title> Get App Information </title> 
    </head>
    <body>
         <input type="button" value="Get App Info" onclick="AppDetails()" />
         <div id="appInfo">
         </div>         
    </body>
</html>
   